Mount Washington New Hampshire Highpoint, 6,288 Feet August 23, 2002 #1 on NEHH #1 on NE111 #1 on NH48 #1 on NE67 #1 on NEFF #18 on US State Highpoints List 2018 Note: Here’s the deal. I’ve hiked Washington... lemme think... five times. This report as it now reads was from my fifth climb of it, with … [Read more...]
Delaware: Ebright Azimuth
Dela-Where? Ebright Azimuth, 447.5 Feet July 2002, June 2009, June 2017 2017 Update: I’ve visited the mighty Delaware highpoint 3 times now: In 2002 with Hoang, in 2009 with Hoang and Damian, and in 2017 with Calvin. It is that important. I will try to weave the three separate visits together, using mostly the … [Read more...]
Massachusetts: Mt. Greylock
Locked Mount Greylock, 3,491 Feet June 29, 2002 #17 on NE 50 Finest List Herman Melville... Nathaniel Hawthorne... Stephen Crane... Emily Dickinson... Me. Perhaps not - but Mt. Greylock has inspired me to write this report, which, althought not quite "Moby Dick," it will have to suffice. I mention these … [Read more...]
New Jersey: High Point
So Creative, New Jersey High Point State Park, 1,803 Feet April 21, 2002 40th on the US State Highpoint List (Me: 2/51; Hoang: 2/51) Half the fun of highpointing for me is all the planning that leads up to the actual climb. After the delirious excitement of Jerimoth Hill, I could hardly wait to lead … [Read more...]
Rhode Island: Jerimoth Hill
So Nice I Hiked it Thrice Jerimoth Hill, 812 Feet February 2002, July 2011, August 2017 46th on the US State Highpoint List (Me: 1/51; Hoang: 1/51; Damian 1/51; Calvin: 2/51) 2017 Update: I’ve visited the mighty Rhode Island highpoint 3 times now: In 2002 with Hoang, in 2011 with Hoang and Damian, and in 2017 … [Read more...]
Hamburger Sandwich at Louis’ Lunch
America's First Coronary Disease Louis' Lunch, New Haven 2016 Update: This page was written before I embarked on the odyssey to eat the entire Roadfood list. It was written because Louis' Lunch is an important Connecticut icon in and of itself. It was also written in 2007 when I was much younger and … [Read more...]
Cove Warehouse Maritime Museum
By Cove, I Think We've Got It! Wethersfield (Google Maps Location) May 27, 2007 So you're saying to yourself, "A warehouse? An old warehouse at that? Um... why?" Good questions... Ones which I'm happy to answer for you. After having been to both the Wethersfield Museum and the Hurlbut-Dunham House a mile or … [Read more...]
Hurlbut-Dunham House Museum
I'd Hurl, But it Would Mess up the Decor Wethersfield (Google Maps Location) May 27, 2007 The house museum is part of the historic Wethersfield package "tour." By paying the 8 bucks at the Wethersfield History Museum, we were able to check this place next door out "for free." (Or for 3 bucks instead of 5. Or … [Read more...]
Old State Prison & Cemetery Site
Arsenic and Old... This Place? Site of old Connecticut State Prison, Wethersfield May 27, 2007 Connecticut's famously historic prison is in the north central part of the state - Old Newgate Prison up in Granby. There is a museum there and I plan to hit it around the time when our Metacomet Trail end-to-end hike … [Read more...]
Wethersfield Museum at Keeney Memorial
Feeling Peachy Keeney in Wethersfield Wethersfield (Google Maps Location) May 27, 2007 CTMQ appearances by EdHill are a special treat; hitting 3 musuems in his old hometown (he now calls Washington DC home) is an event. And I'm sure glad he was along for the ride this day, because no one person can hope to have … [Read more...]
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